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Encyclopedia > Lycian

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FOCUS on LYCIA (657 words)
The earliest settlers are thought to be the native Anatolians and some migrants from the island of Crete, according to the famous historian Herodotus.
Lycians are considered to be one of the oldest people of Anatolia and always resisted any new colonialists, mainly Greeks.
he Lycian Federation, consisting of 23 cities, was governed by a council named Lyciarch which was formed during an assembly meeting each year with the votes of the member states of the federation.
Lycia and the Lycians - All About Turkey (1454 words)
The Lycians enjoyed a reputation for independence and fought for it tooth and nail, often to the last man. This last statement is not a clichè tacked on for effect, on at least two occasions we know it to be fact.
Against a superior force the Lycians fought to the finish, and when they saw there was no hope of victory, they once again slew their women and children and burnt the city down.
After the fall of Rome the Lycian coast once again became a haven for pirate fleets and not until the 18th and 19th centuries and the presence of the British Navy was the piracy problem again tackled and the Lycian coast cleaned up.
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